Seeing more stars (and the sun!)

As if to prove a point to me, this was the sky over my house at lunch time today:

The jets were out in force leaving their trails behind them.

Also, you might notice that big shiny thing in the middle of the photo.  That's called the sun, and might I suggest that you take your deck chair, like I did last night, and sit out on it today pointing north, south, east or west, whichever works, and watch that thing shine for as long as it's there.  As, like the shooting stars, it too only appears once a year in Ireland!!

And, I also had an audience for lunch:

They were waiting patiently for me to finish my lunch and give them the leftovers!  For once in his life Rusty didn't chase them away.  Maybe he too was tired from staying up so late last night...